- Industry: Energy
- Number of terms: 18218
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The American Gas Association represents local energy companies that deliver natural gas throughout the United States.
The hoop stress calculated by means of the ISO equation at which the pipe fails due to an internal pressure buildup, usually within 60 to 70 seconds.
Industry:Energy
The systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data describing customers' patterns of energy usage.
Industry:Energy
A desiccant, hygroscopic material that readily absorbs substantial quantities of moisture and is used to reduce the relative humidity of air or gas.
Industry:Energy
A method for inspecting for surface defects of welds by using a dye and developer applied to the weld.
Industry:Energy
A system of accounting intended to distribute the cost of tangible capital assets, less salvage, (if any), over the estimated useful life of the unit in a systematic and rational manner.
Industry:Energy
Any gas company having gas sales or volume transactions exceeding 200,000 Mcf at standard conditions in the previous calendar year and is not classified as a MAJOR NATURAL GAS PIPELINE.
Industry:Energy
In corrosion protection, a formed metal-usually zinc, aluminum, or magnesium-buried near and connected to a structure of lesser galvanic potential such that the metal corrodes in favor of the structure.
Industry:Energy
Rupture of an adhesive bond, such that the plane of separation appears to be at the adhesive-adhered interface.
Industry:Energy
Staff review of company's rate filing, usually within 60 days of the filings suspension order. See SUSPENSION ORDER, TOP SHEETS.
Industry:Energy
The horsepower determined from the pressure-volume indicator diagram. This is the power developed within the cylinder of the engine and is more than the power delivered at the driving shaft by the amount of mechanical friction.
Industry:Energy
